Abstract

PERALTA GONZALEZ, María Josefa; SOLIS CABRERA, Francisco Manuel  and  PERALTA SUAREZ, Luis Manuel. Visibility and impact of scientific production of Universidad Central de Las Villas "Marta Abreu" in the period 2000-2008. ACIMED [online]. 2011, vol.22, n.1, pp. 60-78. ISSN 1024-9435.

Metric studies for the evaluation of science are a necessary practice to know the trends and most representative lines of research in various scientific domains. Universities are institutions that generate a wealth of knowledge. Therefore the study of productive behavior is critical to decision making not only these institutions but also of territories and countries where they reside. It examines the scientific production of the Central University Marta Abreu of Las Villas, from the use of indicators that measure, both the production and the impact of scientific publications of the institution in the journals processed by the former Institute for Scientific Information for the period 2000-2008.

Keywords : Evaluation of science; metric studies; scientific productions; visibility and scientific impact; domain analysis.

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